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Letters Parent No. 98,101, daad December 21, 1869.

IMPROVED PACKING AND ATOMIZINfG--CAN FCR INSECT-POWDER.

The Schedule referred to in. these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, FRANCIS L. PALMnaSr., of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Packing and Atomizing- Can; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,freference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cans for packing insect-powder, and other like finely-powdered. substances, which, in use, require to be delivered vin atomic jets, for penetrating crevices, where insects seciete themselves; and

It consists in providing such cans with Stoppers having nozzles, through which Stoppers or nozzles the passages are temporarily closed, in a way to be readily opened for use; also, in providing the cans with nozzles at-or near the bottom, temporarilyplugged, in

whichr tubes may be connected, so that the powdermay, whenJ-equil'fedfor use, be readily blown out` in atomic jets, whereby the said cans are made to subserve the uses of packing-cans and discharging atomizinglcans, with but tiiiiing additional expense; whereas, at-the present time, users of such powders are compelled to buy expensive atomizing-cans, to which the powder lnust be transferred from the packingcans, before it can be properly used, or, in the absence ot' suoli cans, the powder is scattered.l in .an ineffectual and wasteful way, in or about the resorts ot' the insects. l

'lhe drawing representsan elevation (partly broken out) of my improved cau a'nd its adjuncts.

A is a packing-can, which may be made of any suitable substance, and in any approved form adapted for holding the powder for storage, transportation, or, use.

It is provided with a nozzle, B, at the top, of ordinary construction, for the 'reception ofa stopper, C,

which may be of cork, or other substance which may be readily cut or broken. p

Inthis stopper I place, when the can is lilled and prepared for market, asmall tube or nozzle, D, passing nearly, but not quite, through its vertical axis, so that when -the powder is required for use, the stopper being removed, may be cut or otherwise separated on the line E, to open the passage through the nozzle D, for the discharge of the powder, the stopper, together with the nozzle, being replaced in the can.

At or near the bottom of theean, I make another nozzle, I?, and plug it with a cork olother stopper, .whenthe can is ',illed, which plug may be removed for` the insertion of a tube, G, with a cork stopper, H,

-at the end, so that by blowing through the tube, the

powder will be discharged in a jet at the nozzle D.

These tubes G may be made of cane, reed, bamboo,

or other suitable cheap substances, which may be readily prepared, and they, together with their corks or Stoppers, may be prepared and packed in the boxes with the cans, one or more for each to be suppliedy with the said cans, or they may be vprovided separately.l

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A packing-can for insect and other powder, pro

vided with the nozzle F, at or near the bottom, and a.

stopper, C, containing a nozzle, arranged in the same, substantially as specitied.

2. The combination with the above of a tube, C, and plug H, arranged as described, for attachment to the nozzle F, as specified.

The above specification of my invention signed byk me, this 6th day of September, 1869.

FRANCIS L. PALMER, SR. Witnesses:

Geo. W. MARRE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

